We have conducted faunal surveys by observation, collection of secondary evidence (tracks, trails, etc) and the use of two traplines outside the Reserve. This will be supplemented with pitfall traps in the Widlife Reserve in 2010
Birds
White faced Heron
Masked Lapwings Banded DotterelSulphur Crested Cockatoo Little CorellaGalah
Rainbow Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
Crested Pigeon
Pigeons* Australian Magpie
Magpie Lark
Ravens Wood Duck
Black DuckChestnut TealWelcome Swallow
Noisy Minor
Indian Myna*
Wattle Birds
Latham's Snipe
Sacred Ibis
Australian Bittern
Dusky Moorhen
Starling*
Whistling Kite or Brown Falcon (certainly a raptor hunting in the paddocks - moved a little fast for me to get a good ID)Black-shouldered KiteWillie WagtailBlue WrenPurple Swamphen Mammals
Petaurus breviceps Sugar GliderPseudocheirus peregrinus Ring tailed PossumTadaria australis White striped Free tailed BatAepyprymnus rufescens Rufous Bettong - Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (8 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010)Thylogale billardierii Tasmanian Pademelon - Probably Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (3 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010)
Cats*
Dogs*
Fox*
Rabbit*
Amphibians
Pobblebonk or Eastern Banjo Frog - Limnodynastes dumeriliSpotted Marsh Frog - L. tasmeniensisStriped Marsh Frog - L. peroniSouthern Brown Tree Frog – Litoria ewingiGrowling Grass Frog - L. raniformis (heard 14/9/10 - will need to confirm, I think we caught tadpoles of this species in the water course in the Eastern Paddock of the Wildlife Reserve today)Southern Toadlet – Psuedophyrne semimarmorataCommon Froglet - Ranidella signiferaHaswells' Froglet - Crinia haswelli (need to confirm this with another recording - heard on one night in November 2007)Frogs Website you can find out lots about them and even listen to their calls!
Tiger Snake
Copper Head Snake
Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Single individual caught in pitfall trap the heathland trapline at the front of the school - 2008)
Rawlinson's Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsonii (Eastern Paddock of Reserve - on the high ground in NE corner - 3 individuals in pitfall trap, 2010)
Invertebrates
Scorpion
Spiders (a number of species)
Bull Ants
Jumping Jacks
Small black ants
Black Beetles
Millipedes
Centipedes
Dragonfly
Mosquito
Aquatic Invertebrates
Thanks to my Year 7 class who have been studying Cells and Microscopes and have been checking the water in the ponds for signs of life.
Dragonfly nymph
Isopods
Cephalopods
Flat worms
Nematodes
Back Swimmers
Freshwater Snails
Fish
We need to do a survey of possible fish species through the water course.
1. Do we have significant animals? What are they? Where are they? What do we need to do to help them survive and thrive on the site?
(For example, how do we manage our Sugar Glider population? What can we do to support our diverse and abundant Frog population?) Have we got an animal list for our management plan? Have we mapped where they can be found?
Birds
White faced Heron
Masked Lapwings Banded DotterelSulphur Crested Cockatoo Little CorellaGalah
Rainbow Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
Crested Pigeon
Pigeons* Australian Magpie
Magpie Lark
Ravens Wood Duck
Black DuckChestnut TealWelcome Swallow
Noisy Minor
Indian Myna*
Wattle Birds
Latham's Snipe
Sacred Ibis
Australian Bittern
Dusky Moorhen
Starling*
Whistling Kite or Brown Falcon (certainly a raptor hunting in the paddocks - moved a little fast for me to get a good ID)Black-shouldered KiteWillie WagtailBlue WrenPurple Swamphen
Mammals
Petaurus breviceps Sugar GliderPseudocheirus peregrinus Ring tailed PossumTadaria australis White striped Free tailed BatAepyprymnus rufescens Rufous Bettong - Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (8 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010)Thylogale billardierii Tasmanian Pademelon - Probably Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (3 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010)
Cats*
Dogs*
Fox*
Rabbit*
Amphibians
Pobblebonk or Eastern Banjo Frog - Limnodynastes dumerili Spotted Marsh Frog - L. tasmeniensisStriped Marsh Frog - L. peroniSouthern Brown Tree Frog – Litoria ewingi Growling Grass Frog - L. raniformis (heard 14/9/10 - will need to confirm, I think we caught tadpoles of this species in the water course in the Eastern Paddock of the Wildlife Reserve today)Southern Toadlet – Psuedophyrne semimarmorataCommon Froglet - Ranidella signiferaHaswells' Froglet - Crinia haswelli (need to confirm this with another recording - heard on one night in November 2007)Frogs Website you can find out lots about them and even listen to their calls!
Reptiles
Tiger Snake
Copper Head Snake
Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Single individual caught in pitfall trap the heathland trapline at the front of the school - 2008)
Rawlinson's Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsonii (Eastern Paddock of Reserve - on the high ground in NE corner - 3 individuals in pitfall trap, 2010)
Invertebrates
Scorpion
Spiders (a number of species)
Bull Ants
Jumping Jacks
Small black ants
Black Beetles
Millipedes
Centipedes
Dragonfly
Mosquito
Aquatic Invertebrates
Thanks to my Year 7 class who have been studying Cells and Microscopes and have been checking the water in the ponds for signs of life.
Dragonfly nymph
Isopods
Cephalopods
Flat worms
Nematodes
Back Swimmers
Freshwater Snails
Fish
We need to do a survey of possible fish species through the water course.
1. Do we have significant animals? What are they? Where are they? What do we need to do to help them survive and thrive on the site?
(For example, how do we manage our Sugar Glider population? What can we do to support our diverse and abundant Frog population?)
Have we got an animal list for our management plan? Have we mapped where they can be found?